Pressurization and brine displacement issues for deep saline formation CO2 storage

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 4814-4821

  Cavanagh, Andrew ^a   Wildgust, Neil ^b  

^a Permedia Research Group   (Canada)

^b IEA Greenhouse Gas R and D Programme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Model; Pressurization; Shale permeability; Storage

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BRINES; ENERGY STORAGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; MODELS; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; PRESSURIZATION; SHALE;

ACCURATE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; BOUNDARY PERMEABILITY; DEEP SALINE FORMATIONS; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; PRESSURE DISSIPATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79955375822     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.447     Document Type: Conference Paper

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